Hi Paul,
Do you have any details about this? I followed your link to the GoFundMe website, but apart from the fact that they are looking to raise $2,000 and have raised $65 in the last 13 days there is no other information. I would have questions like this: Is there an ending date by which the $2,000 have to be raised If so and they are not reaching the $2,000 what happens to the donations that were made If they do reach the $2,000, when do they expect to have this app ready? How much do they think the app would cost and would it be a one-time purchase or would they require a subscription like Seeing-Eye GPS to keep it going? I guess they are joining the iPhone bandwagon pretty late and it would be interesting to know how they think they can differentiate themselves from the Seeing-Eye GPS app which now has become much more complete since one can now have user POI’s. Then there is of course Blindsquare which does a very nice job for telling you where you are and really only lacks more detailed intersection information (probably something the will be added at some point) and turn-by-turn directions which to many users aren’t as important as getting feedback as to where one is one more familiar routes. Lastly of course there are apps like Apple Maps and Google Maps which are becoming more and more user friendly for visually impaired users as time goes by and which in connection with an app like Blindsquare offer a pretty good solution. One big point in favour of them of course is that we all know support for them will not go away or that the product becomes less useful because the developer runs out of money and can’t provide map or app updates. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pawel Masarczyk Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 1:03 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Loadstone GPS: a campaign to get an accessible GPS app started on iOS Hello, Just today I came across a tweet courtesy of Cool Blind Tech sharing it, where the creators of Loadstone GPS, a well-known Symbian navigation solution, are asking to support their Gofundme campaign to get the money needed to get the equipment and all other costs covered for the development of its iOS version. The fact it was the only place I heard it so far makes me wonder a little as I know this was an extremely popular application among Symbian users back when everybody had a Nokia. Anyway, here is the link to the campaign's page with all explanations inside. https://www.gofundme.com/loadstone-gps You may consider backing this. kind regards Paweł -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
